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.:., r .. .. ~~, . ~f~ . FRENCH PAPERS. re % itIS, DEC; 26. IMPERIAL DECREE.' R EJOIN DER TO HIS BRITANNIC MAJIIEITY'S OItDEII IN COUNCIL, OrPTHE NOVIOIBEII, 1807. 41 our Royal Palace, at Milan, Dec. 17, Isio7 - .Nxtot.tort, Emperor of the • French, 'King of Italy, and Proterlor of the Rhenish Confederation : , Observing the measures adopted by the British Government on the i ith of November last, by wnich Vessels belonging to neutral, friendly, or even l'Oweri of the Allies of England, are made liable, - nor only to be searcho by English Crnizers, but . to be compulsorily detained in England, and to Lave a tax laid on them of so much 'per cent; on the cat- t ;(4 to be regulated by the British Legis. I'3lLi re : . 06 , .etving that. by these aas the raitish Govern- IneatVe.!iationalies Ships of every. natit,:i in Europe) that it is not boinpeteut for-any Uoyernment to de -+'r.:,6l from its owti Independence and rights, all the Suvereitos'of Europe .having in. trust the sovereign. tits stn.: ny‘lepenkletice of the Flag ; that if by an un pardonable weakmai, and wind), in the, eyes of poterity,vNuoid ,he an indelible stain, such a ty, rally .w - en; 'idlov. , Ld to be ebt;luilsbv4l 'tato Prilidliles• and coni.ecratett by , the English would avail tiiecn , ,elveb of it to iisbrt . it as a riglo.,'m they have , , Hilaiktl t+.lfll%lVeil of toe tolerance, of Governments th‘; itifotiiotis thatithi:i Flog of a nation does nut :over gooligiand to give to their right of Mock~ to ritri arbitrary extenii6n, and which intringts on ''trho - So% ertignty p!` evey State . ; ,we hove. tit-treed, anti do decree as follow; ' • AhT, 1. •Every Ship, to whatever nation it may hclon : ;, 511,311 have ,hubtbatcC s t, to b •,seardieit by , Engii,-.11 Ship, or to a voyage to EnBlloai k or that • s h a g e paid any tax Whatsoever the English Criiverninerit, is thereby:rind for Unit alone, declar; eu to' be rAutationalized, to have forfasAl lie pro tection of its King, and to have become ltliglish prU perty. AaT, U. Whether the Ships - thus (Of titiowitzed by -the . , arbitrary measures ut the katig,lati Govern ment, onr ports, or those of o"ir or whether they IA into the hands of our Ships of War, .of Priv;itecrs, they arc th..chtredto - be, goal and lawful pri4es. AliT, bib Islands are At:elated' to be, , a state of blocka4e, -both ny land and tea. Every Ship, of whatever - nation, or whatsoever thu nature of its cargo may be, that sails front the ports of .England, or those of the English Colonies, and ot •the Countries occupied by English troops, and pro , t*ding to.Logland,. or to the English Colonies, or 6nititt ies occupied by English - troops; , tizood and' pttatt, as contrary to. the present ~ O ecre6 ;, and may be captured by • our Ships of IVar or our . - Privateers,ltrid'adjudged to the eAptor. ;'t Ant. IV. These measures, Niiftich are resorted to. only just retaliation of the bat - billow; adopted by England, which its legkia -tloh AO that of Algiers, shall cease to hut' any effect with: rosped to all•nations who shall have the firm ;siess to .compel the English Gotetutrie.n. to ' l / 4 :liea their flag. They shall _continue' to b.; ric;omusly In 'brae as long as that Governirint does not torn to the principle of the Low of Natiom . , which. regulates the lattions of civi4e4,•Strites in a suie taf war, *Cho provisions of the present ,Decrec shall be abrogated and (At, as_ R oon a , the. English abide by the principles of tite:l...aw, Nations,a,so the principles Of: Justice And Of honour. ;Ail our Micister4 are charged with the 07: et.liiim or the Decr , :t.• which bbail the .thllietth r,t the Laws. (Sigu,cd) Oilier of the Emperor, NA FUL EON. The SccriAary of State, (Signed) H. L. AlAncx. As a Supplement to this Decree there is in the o , thcial Journal the following Circular 'Letter, ach,trOmicAl by 'the Minister of the Interior to the ' Chamber 61 amulet:cc, .".Yau are not unacquainted, pentletrnm, with. ',the late 4613 ( . .. 4 t - the liritish GOertunent, th;tt "stage of the oppression of the cornp,l,4,;t: the world ; you know that it liarresui%ed to destroy the. tl:eb.le remains of the itidePeiiiicnee It now thinks proper, that henceforth no Ship shall »avipte th a sem:Without tolielling at• its pelt ont a trileitu to pretended sovejeigrity, Pitt .rei:civing tram It an ignominious lied, e., • 'Thus the Ocean is henceforward only the tieht %of slaVery : the usurpation of the Most sacred of the :rlihtsiot tnitiow; is consununuted, and this tyrannic yoke is to pre:o; upon them until the ,day ven geance, or until brought to ,a due mime Of, modera tion, thelinglish Government wilhitselicalm its rage, and break tot sceptre to which the nations of tile Continent,vill . nevert:Lansetit . , I stet callin our (fit attention to titi;.• , rartant cirentitittance6 w bialyrnottt powerfully •incluee -115 10 a i walten your pan - iutist and your. wisdom.- - (ine woutd have imagined, that every 06struction ,nnd restraint that clogged the Course of ,the coio rnerce on the'(,:ontinent had been exhausted; still, 'howtver, they are going tut tie aggravated by the Ineoures Wei) , adopted 5y England but theS will 'fiti4 our ntkais Ithide up to . struggle against, and to ,overcome, this new mode of oppres3lon, We must not shut our eyes to the consecitiottemi. Itnportativit and exportation, Arcady. so much re 4ttteled.4 wilt, soot)• be witch wore t;u. Every thing ontiected. with Atritinie -Conitniace- every thint; Om depends upolu tr, liA)lu to inure qit .ocolties,to inure sincertat till,. There are, huwever,l, tAttintiel* that still rtlllill/1 open. oi satot.kti,g . c,ry . Ship , that re . - ,noaticettlro intlepentielo_ e oh, its national flag, by a Ithait)0 111 1 Aolll,tsston to the ttritisli Sovereignty, and by 114vipOlYit Lalf.lsr a British lieence, will op r. a :wide tick' to the hopes of otir .urturittittlers, Such. a reiotti ct t . ill nor prove inetioarsitl,,wd I reach e not devote itself tt4el...bsly to tt,it sort ot ? Inch trtilver lets euurar a e, th....itcrity,. and de -4 V`o is ILI /4 I:ll9retWer to hooltiat neutral ShiP4 will ,elude toe v ' igilance 01 the crui4ers ; the it:3Ol6OW tAiellt in the cot.stslor . the Enipire 14.0t0 . ro.teC.t ent‘rprizes. 4* ltitbe ry:siirces ,trnglit not'io . be undtrvalued, nor L.:omitted - :!nr nothing. • - Fraincivilbstibtriit tettrporaty s4tr.,tiott, A . ll:ch cuu uoly change \‘ time, and with neW oaertioni; but bet Enemy tshall not-deprive her of the main basis of her prosperity, her internal communication; her rclation. with the Continent, where she no 3onspr serf any but friends c allies ; her soil will not be less fertile, bee industry will not mahrtaia itself the less, though deprived of some materials which it is not impossible tb replace. T o this jot proposition I am rather anxious, Gentlemen, to dire& your attention. You have ad vice to give, and examples to hold out to commerce. You must already foresee the effe& of the privation of certain materials, more especially of cotton, and of ingredients for dying cotton, of which a quantity has been stored up in France : that which we shall derive from the Levant, 'and that which, at a more distant period, we shall reap from our indigenous culture, not unsuccessfully essayed, will sutfice to support, in a great measure, our wand:inures ;. but in,the vxpeelation that some of them- may experi ence priyhtions, we must have recourse, as tar as possible ] to hemp andllax, in order to provide oc cupatiou for those manufaanres who would no lon ger be employed with articles of cotton. it were desirable that we could circumscribe our consump tion within the products of the materials the growth of our soil, and restrain the unhappy edi.os o f habits and taste contraaed for • nunutaaures that would lender us dependent upon foreign countries. materials for dying may become but many of them may be replaced by the prodnc tiOns of our soil. We will dispense with the rest by a might sacrifice of spine colours, which may please from their apparent greater beauty, without adding any thing to the intrinsic gOgdtleSS of the Besides, no small reliance is to be placed on thegenius of'our marintlidurers ; it will triumph over those rtia i :ulties. Which in spite of these: usurpa tions, will remain °Pen to importation, may nut suffice fcr the i consumption pr sugar and coffee ;41:4-the objets',of e t secondary utility may become scarce.; ,but the great mass of the nation will ! safer, : front this temporarx privation ; • ha bits—of indulgence AO widely Indulged will be .countevai;ted and restrained by. the rise in the price. . , . And beiides, is it to be supposed that the Great 'Nation allow!itsia to be intimidated by ,the pti vation ot some futile enjoyments ? Her, nrmies have etijiurcd; without- a murmur, the most. pinching wants : that; great example' will not have been held out in vain ; , and when .we have. in view to re-con quer the independence of the seas ) wiien we have in view to reSede and re,lcern commerce from the rninous'aas rut piracy that 'are ekercise4 against it ; when we have in view the vindication of the ;uation:d honour, and the breaking down of thO,4ejurcie ctui/tae. which! England is 'attempiinglo creel tiptin our ctiasts: t -the 'French people will-tinp- P4rt,, with the dignity tind'the courage that belong to their great charaeter, ,the,rnomentary sacrifices that are impoSecinpo . ti theirtaste, their habits, and their indwitry. 'The emii,nlqtce" of Europe will soon, no doubt, be rescued frOin oppression. The interests of nations,' the 'honour of Sovereigns, the magnani mous resautiOns of the most powerful of the Allies Fel .t rance ; the.pewer and wish of the hero who rules over us, the justice of kcause to which Heaven ,will ..grantits.pratetlion,-,every. motive concurs to decide the contest ; nor .can , its remain uncertain. Gentlentie!., the!;assurance of my, si.ncere c.;leen). (Signed) " CRETE r 4" 060PV,NI1AGYN' s I)re. 13,—*The Merchants at 'Co mhngen prs . sktated a. Petition tdt thePittticu to au thorize, under the sakrintendance of • the Police, Correvoncleriee with -.Eliglenct relative to the per sohat attairi 'of Danish 'Subjects, "and t'o establish a distinttion between objects sent on English account pearl; those 'destined to reintbnre the Dutch Mer chants.—The IhttNoc has just - sent the felluwitig Reply • • '" - - - - • , . . " I must acquaint the Trade, that it is impossible tilmodify the orders contained in the publiCations of the iiod 14th Septembpr.--- . -The KING, in con- . • fluing".himsell to the sequestration of Enemy's pro, perry, has done all .that was in his power. to. as sist those of his. Subje&s whose,: fortunes might fall hands of the Englisp--Ate has .ceeded what so perfidious an Enemy merits—be -sides, nothing ought to chill the ardour of a noble -vOgeance : and the Merchants may at once, by arming Privateers,. recover then capital,.- arid avenge the Country and the Ktng. With te speat to tire re=establishment of a correspon• den'ce, that tucasure is incompatible. ith the Or ders given"' to; . break off • all communication be .tween England and.. the Continent. We ought to reject such an idea in a country like Den mark, whose , laws are passed ' not for m ere pleasantry, ..ttrid ,to be broken, The .King is not ignorant that 'measures demanded by the ge tiPol welfare often injured the'personal interests of sortie of his sublet.% ; but the testimony of his con. science gonfiOics.hitit, lirriing preserved as ltyrig as possible to his people the benefits of peace, and law •'l'ng'altereci .his - cotidnet, only at the period when the revoltiog aggressions provoked t he'ruost v i gor . utta resistance against a perfidious Enemy. (Signed) " Fr,twitioa, Prince Royal." 04rea At the Head qttinters at Oopen-l• batten, 27th Nov," • tn, Dec. a. l --The French Army, under the command of General inNoT, arrived on the Vith of November at Abrante3. The adepnced guard had entered that city before the Portuguese Governmeo knew of the army having marched. The Troops inarched ten leagues a day through bad roads and conitant. rain. • A.s4oon as. the Pal Nei , . REGENT was infortned of the proxiMity of the FrenekTroops, intrigues were set at , work on all sides, and the PRIN4 resolved to =hark on hoard the Ships with his Treasures, and every thing most precious. On the 30th of Noveru, her the advanced guard of the French Troops arrived at Lisbon and on the tst Dec. the anniversary of the day on which the House of ittiAn,zs rose against. the Spaniards, 'and hoisted its standard against theirs, on th,it same day the ilit.toAslzA. Flag was replaced. by that of the French , . • To this singular 'cireum qiince,, wbia the kortngnese superstitiQn did not fad to remtuk, MIS added anotha—o Lorrible earthquake was felt six imtlra before ; bat :Ix mo, mein the French nag wry hided, the tempest ceased and the weather &yaw serene. The six Portuguese Ships of the Line, laden I with women, children, furniture, Sec. without wa ter, badly provisioned, set sail, some • say for the Brazils, but probably for England. .Theke was a moment of fear—a great city, like Lisbon has more risk to run in such moments, from revolution on the part of the populace, than on the . part of the Enemy.,-But a French Battalion ar rived in time to establish order. The success of this Expedition, remarkable for the extraordinary promptitude of . the march of the troops, and the aCtivity of the Cieneral iti•chief, has placed in the hands of . the French six Frigates, 12 Brigs, four Sail of the Line, several on the stocks, _ and an Arsenal well stocked with timber and iron. All . the English property, whether moveable or immoveable, has been put under sequestration. 134PatiNE, 'PEC. 17. ---The report circulated rela, tive to the departure of a Spanish Prince with the liatin,o:zk family is in some measure confirmed ; but the circumstance is of less importance than was at first supposed, The Prince is Do PRntio, son, of DON GABatEL, brother of the King of Spain, and a Portuguese Princess, the issue of a branch of the 'loyal House. The two parents of flop PLuito died suddenly, and the Prince, though an infant of Spain, was sent to Lisbowa long time ago, brought up as 'a Member of the House of BRAGANZA, and destined, as we bear, to marry the oldest daughter of the Prince oflitszit. All the Letters from Lisbon affirm that the French troops observed the best discipline. The batteries are strengthening on all the attackable ,points of the coast. FRANKFORT, Dec. the English who are at Vienna have quitted that City to take the road to • Trieste. We expeCt, as soon as the Austrian Cabi net have heard of the evacuation of the prannau, that it will adopt some genetal measure to put an end to all communication with England. MAILS. 4R.“,v40-3 Waterfllrd; I Dublip. D,u 1-5 GPttenbmrgh, a 164 , 6 : N t Dublin, I Wate/fOrd. PRICE OF STOCKS t THIS DAY AT TV/ELVA O'CLOCK. Consols .• - '641 I Red. Ann. - • -61 i T IJ. E S 1 N. SOLLM QU:S lIICERE TA LSUS.S. AUDIAT ? L 0 AT D 0 N, SATURDAY, JAVii:ARY 9, 180. AT a very late hoer last night we received Paris . Papers to the.2oth:ult. The most important article they - contain is *Decree which BUONAPARTE has issued, in consequence of our Orders in Council : it was sigtl6l",by him on the 17th, at Milan, and published on the .2.4t11 at Paris. After stating that the Orders in Council published by the 4titish Go vernment had denationalized the Ships of every Eu ropean Nation, it declares titat every Vessel that shall' touch at any Port in England, that shall .sutler itself 'to' be seatthed by any. English Ship, or that shail.pay any Tax, to the I.lritish Government, steal be deemed to have forfeited its Flag, and to become good and lawful prize, being considered as English property.—These violent measures are resorted to, t is said, ottlY as a just mt.-illation for the torturous prattitesi of the English., It . is evident that the • Orders it) C4uncil respeting the Trade of Neutrals has enraged littoNAraeti... bey9pd all bounds, •and • has induced him to issue a Decree which will be produttive of the most injurious consequences, not only to the.et.opicof France', .but to all the Nations of the Continent .of:Ettrope. Indeed the'rrench Minister of the "Interior. acknowledgei the great . privations and .sacrifices which must be submitted to in consequence of this,Deeree . i n t: l u ii t ratc o he m e i n y c , o l n a rages the the People to srnitluietly a hope that their ltardships will only be temporary. These Papers also Contain an account of the Emigration of the Royal Family of Portugal, and the- entry of the French Troops into Lisbon, The la , tter event,, it appears, was attended with a miracle, for, a few hours before the arrival of the 'French' there •I'eas an earthquake, which was succeeded by a violent tempest ; but the moment the French Troops catered the City, the war of elements ceaseg, and the weather became tranquil .and serenc,l . Atj Anuiji.an, Vessel, which arrived yesterday from the coast of .Frauce, and which had inforriA tion from Charante and . 4ourdeaux, down to the .10th ult. brings E however, nothing new or import• ant, excepta repetition of the -report that BL'ONA PA,ItTR intended to repudiate his present wife, with this addition, that the person destined to be his fu. cure Consort is sister of the EMPEROR of ityssln• The repudiated wife, it is said, after the divorce, is to be desigtmted merely as queen Dowager Olt*. 'rile reason alledged for tins intention of 13trolA PARTA is, that he may have a chance of heirs to hi Empire, Madame BrAtitiARNOLS being past the up that—might affind hitu•any 'hope in that respeCt. If there be any truth in this story, the probability is, that be rather wishes to prop the succesiion. of his Family to the Throne of France by a new alliance. ,Indeed there may be soma foundation Or this story, as most of the great designs of BUONAPARTE, re skeaing the elevation of his Family, have been an.. nounced before they happened, even when they prediAed events of the host incredible description. The same American Vessel wrings, rumours that., BUONAPARTE has atinally offered the Crown Spain to his brother Lucius, unwilling that any Of ; his Family should hold a subordinate rank in life;` and that the PRINCE of AsTuatxs, by way of coMpensation, is. to have the Throne of Portugal.. But it is thought that more important movements are going forward, as, since the beginning of last month, 'upwards of Lso,Ouci Troops have been marcl:ed to Spain and Portugal; and so considerable an 4rmy must greatly exceed any force that might be wanted for the mere buSiness of disposing of thdse Countries, according to the will of the .lretich Ruler. . The follciwing i extriteletl from the Cork Aducr, user of the 96th ult.- We stop the Press to state, that all the infantry 9u board the Triiusports in our harbour, are to 110 • inm7todiately disettitntrlied." Tho vast:colletlion of Shipping at Core, Was 0. 1 ! Friday ati,gtnented by tbc.• arrival of Fleet of of Transports, with different detachments of Troop* on board., Studer convoy of the Moselle! Stoop. • - - We also this morning received the followink from Cork : " C oax,. Dge. s7.—This day orders went to, the Core of Cork, that all the infantry regiments which returned from South Atnerica:shoitild land, in cou-.: segitence Or - which they are to land to-morrow.•-• We understand that a considerable body of troops is to, \A stationed, during the Winter, between G9d and Bantry." A report was this morning circulated, that th, Combined Fleet bad sailed from, the harbobr of Cadiz wish a considerable number of troops board. No such intelligence has, we believe,, b..A received by GoveToment, and the report bAs, pros bably originated from . the. accounts which reached this country, that,Admiral Pgavta's * s ulk dron had been dispersed in the late violent 4aleai • Tax account whioktippeared in TIM SUN of 130 216 t ult. stating that the POI had issued a Roll,. ftall hotittfrtheltnman Catholics Of Ireland 16 &KO the designs of-Buow.vaafre, tind'that it Was ac convi ponied by a piper from the French Ruler, promislria the ascendancy of their Religion in that Country end farther : stating, that these documents had bee 4 presented by Dr. MOYLAN, Titular Bishop of . CdrkS to the Duke of PORTLAND, has been publicly con'. trodieted by that respe6lable Member of the Romall ,Catholic Church. 'We have only to ex . press.our rot gret that we should have given currency Co a false' , report; but to observe, that it did utt originate it; t; this Paper. Yesterday morning, after breakfast, His MAJEsT% rode on lirmieback in Windsor Park, by eranboorne, till half -past twelve o'clock, accompanied by the Dukes of KENT and Caataatnott, Princesses AV' oIJSTA, SOPHIA, and ANKLIA ! .attondad by Lag ELY, Count MUNSTILII, Generals MANNINOHAM and CARTWRIGHT, "Colonels UPTON and • Yesterday at twelve o'clock, the Duke of K/N t artivecl at Windsor. All the Royal Dukes were petied in the course of the afternoon to dine .with Her 'MAJESTY and the Part‘casses. His' Royal Highness MOszstEutt ' the Duc Be aa t, and all the illu s tri ous Membersof the House of Bourbon that are new in England, dined Yvste° day with the Comt e D e Ltr.t.a, Tat Wansiead House , ' Prince E%TattIIAZY, CLAIM I'OTOCS4I, Baron Do Rot,,t,a, Major De MAIMUS, and a numerous cony pany of illustriow and distinguished Foreigners, girt' ed yesterday with Count But:lust, at his house 1 0 Great George -street, Portman-bquam. The Dec ess of ibsorotto iy to go in great starer(' the Drawin -room on the 'Queen's Birth-day. laced liveries of her chairmen and footrnen, now making fcwthis occasion, are the mast splendid that could be devised. delis j‘'Zier The Countess of QAUDIN'ti ball,'which j toOlt VAC. on Wednesday evening, at the Wilderness, iu Lento was attended by upwards o f one h un d re d fashion'. ables. About eighty pers o n s sat down to -an ely, pot supper, about half pa s t one i n t h e morn i ng. -" The banquet waesumptuous ; it consisted of e very , . . al Court-Marti a l c ommenced '.OO Wed nesday, for the trial of the Paymaster an Resimelll of Dragoons, for having (het-drawn fhtf lltighttehtsi Agent to a very considerable amount. The Regiment cif the Old Buts ha% completed its second battalion , to one thousand strong, through the exertions of Colonel Butruvrtv, in procuring volunteers from the Militia; it has, in consequence , received orders to embark with the brit Expetiltio* A meeting took place on Wednesday, near Tot' teuham, between Mr. C. a Lieutenant, and Mr. T. a Collegian, after two ineffectual previous meetings , to adjust a difference which subsisted between thein relative to a debt of honour. The former GeUtle7 man had been held in suretics to keep the peace , and at this meeting he was .slightly womuled in the arm by the second . fire of his anta„,,on it, when their. ditierences were ad justed. . •